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Wholesum Family Farms goes solar

Staff at Wholesum Family Farms at the company's Nogales, Ariz., headquarters show off part of the new solar energy system that went online recently.

Photo by Courtesy Wholesum Family Farms

Wholesum Family Farms, an 81-year-old, family-owned pioneer in organic farming in Sinaloa, Mexico, has flipped the switch on a 100-kW photovoltaic solar energy system at the company’s Nogales, Ariz. headquarters.

“It is one more step in our continuing sustainability effort,” said Ricardo Crisantes, general manager. “We want the concept of sustainable agriculture to evolve beyond the farm.”

Earlier steps, he said, included upgrading the lighting systems in the Nogales-based corporate headquarters and distribution center, implementing a recycling program, conducting employee training sessions on sustainability and installing motion sensors and energy monitors in coolers